Massachusetts Elections

The following contest, scheduled for one term is for the 1781 GUBERNATORIAL ELECTION! Introducing first, the challenger. Representing no party at all....JAMES BOWDOIN!                                                         1780 Election runner up And his opponent, also representing no party at all....he is the current, reigning, defending undisputed GOVERNOR OF MASSACHUSETTS....JOHNNNNNNNN HANCOCK!                                                                     The incumbent So there is a huge backstory to how the first gubernatorial election came about in 1780 but its already been covered  the first go-round . In 1781, only Bowdoin seemed to have a chance of dethroning th...

WaMS The very first Massachusetts election was the battle to be the first State Governor following the Declaration of Independence. General Thomas Gage of the British army was appointed Massachusetts Governor by King George the 3rd in 1774 one year before the Revolutionary War started in Concord. Once the War started, he left his post as Governor to be the commander in chief of the British troops. After the Battle of Bunker Hill that the British technically won, Gage sailed home to England and was replaced by William Howe as commander in chief in October of 1775. Howe was certainly not going to be the Governor of Massachusetts, so now what?                                      "Don't look at me, I ain't doin it" - General William Howe The idea for the Massachusetts Constitution was first brought up in 1775 during the Continental Congress by future revolutionary and United States President John...